What's
your new girlfriend like?
Katherine? Well, she's good at languages.
Does she know how to speak Spanish?
She knows how to speak Spanish and Japanese.
Wow !!!
And she's good at sports, too. She knows how to play tennis and
basketball.
That's terrific !!!
But there's one thing she's not good at.
What's that?
She's not good at remembering things. We have a date, and she's an
hour late !!

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ACTIVITY
# 1

WHILE
LISTENING TO THE DIALOGUE TRY TO COMPLETE THIS CONVERSATION.
THEN CHECK YOUR ANSWERS WITH THE ORIGINAL TEXT ABOVE.
FINALLY, CLICK HERE FOR SPANISH
TRANSLATION WITH AUDIO.

Mat:

your
new girlfriend ?

Phil:

Katherine?
Well, she's good at languages.

Mat:

she how to speak Spanish?

Phil:

She how to speak Spanish and Japanese.

Mat:

Wow !!!

Phil:

And she's
good at sports, too. She
how to play tennis and basketball.

Mat:

That's
terrific.

Phil:

But there's
one thing she's not .

Mat:

What's
that?

Phil:

She's not
good at
things. We have a date, and she's an hour late !!!

ACTIVITY
# 2

FOR QUESTIONS 1-5 CHOOSE THE ANSWER WHICH FITS BEST ACCORDING
TO THE DIALOGUE. THEN CLICK
HERE TO CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.

1.

“To be good at languages" means ...

that she can easily learn any language.
that she can perfectly speak and write any language.
that she likes
languages.

2.

According to the text, Katherine ...

speaks and writes English and Japanese.
speaks and writes
Spanish and Japanese.speaks Spanish and Japanese.

3.

Katherine ...

plays
tennis and basketball.
is
playing tennis and basketball.
plays soccer and
basketball.